"Botanical Lies" (first side) Originally posted on July 1 |
Writings devoted to the ways in which materials and techniques affect my art process.
Sun Series #1
Sunday, August 30, 2015
Life Maintenance or When Real Life Takes Over
Labels:
clare murray adams,
collage,
colored pencil,
found book pages,
garden,
landscape,
layered,
mixed media,
nature,
paper,
pen & ink,
photocopy of original artwork,
stamping,
stitching,
two-sided,
watercolor
Tuesday, August 25, 2015
Rust, Bleach, Burn, and Stain, Oh My!!
This past weekend I taught a workshop at the Morgan Paper Conservatory in Cleveland. As the title of the posts says, we rusted, bleached, burned and stained paper to use in collage, printmaking, and painting. The class consisted of artists with a wide range of backgrounds and talents...collage artists, printmakers, painters, book artists and papermakers.
It was 2 days full of experimenting and sharing. Here are some of their results.
It was 2 days full of experimenting and sharing. Here are some of their results.
Thanks to the Morgan for inviting me to teach this fun class
and thanks to all of the participants!
Thursday, August 20, 2015
20 Year Old Shorts!
Sunday, August 16, 2015
Influences
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Knives, Spoons and Mom's Recipe Box
Missing the Forks 6x7" on board More from the silverware series where I used those precious, favorite napkins as collage elements. The writing behind the napkins are copies of some of my mother's recipes. I have her little recipe file box, which is pictures above, as well as lots of loose recipes that she collected. When I find myself writing notes, art ideas, book titles, etc. on little slips of paper instead of in my journal or my date book, I know that I am turning into my Mom! |
Sunday, August 9, 2015
From Paper Napkin to Art
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Diagramming Sentences from A to Z!
"Diagramming Sentences
from A to Z"
26 individual pages in a box
for display.
Pages measure about 7.5 x 11".
The artists book group I belong to, ABC, (ArtBooksCleveland@yahoo.com) presents a book exhibit each year called Abecederia where the participants create a book that revolves around the letters in the alphabet. The group is dedicated to promoting, encouraging and teaching contemporary and traditional artistic practices involved in making handmade books.
This was a fun and challenging exhibit. Part of the challenge for me, and I suspect for many of the members, is to find a way to use each letter of the alphabet in their project. While one doesn't have to use every letter, the books need to clearly reflect the importance of the alphabet, whether it is one letter that is emphasized or all of them. Here is my entry for this year using the alphabet and remembering my love of diagramming sentences.
I really did love this activity. It was a way to visually represent the alphabet and seems to me now, and I think then, as an artistic endeavor. I had a lot of fun creating crazy and implausible sentences using each letter of the alphabet. I did have to consult a book about diagramming as it wasn't like riding a bike. I forgot some of the rules.
I wanted the pages to reference the way we used to take turns diagramming the given sentences on the blackboard, hence the use of the black and white. I smiled all though this project.
I did take some liberties with the "book" aspect as I did not bind the pages together.
I felt it would be easier to read as single pages and could also be displayed on a wall as opposed to on a pedestal.
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Beans, Oh My!
This is what has been taking up all of my time...the garden.
But this is a form of art as well.
I love making this space as creative as possible, working with found materials to create the raised beds and adding flowers to the vegetable garden. Each year it takes on its own character as I rotate where the vegetables will be and as Mother Nature makes some plants more successful than others.
This year I am having good luck with tomatoes, cucumbers and beans, although the bean plants while very full and leafy are almost done. The tomatoes are doing better than last year and I am growing potatoes for the first time ever this year. It is all a revelation to me.
I have been in my studio making art as well, but now that I am not working on just the small 6x6" pieces progress is a bit slower. I am also making some work for the artists book group I belong to and will post those soon. The "Botanical Lies" piece is one of those works. And the sculptural piece with the tea bag cocoons I made that incorporated the plastic tubing (also name "A Botanical Lie") is another of the more time consuming works. My plan for this upcoming week is garden maintenance, which to me means less gardening time and more work in my studio.
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